The Tempest

By Xah Lee. Date: 2016-08-18.

The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written
in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare
wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero,
rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful
place using illusion and skilful manipulation. He conjures up a storm,
the eponymous tempest, to lure his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit
King Alonso of Naples to the island. There, his machinations bring about
the revelation of Antonio's lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and
the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand.

George Romney (26 December 1734 – 15 November 1802) was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.[1][2]

Emma, Lady Hamilton (26 April 1765; baptised 12 May 1765 – 15 January 1815) is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George Romney. She was born Amy Lyon in Ness near Neston, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Henry Lyon, a blacksmith who died when she was two months old. She was raised by her mother, the former Mary Kidd, at Hawarden, and received no formal education. She later changed her name to Emma Hart.